Voices’ friend Paul Grajnert was at our August 30th vigil at Federal Plaza in Chicago, held to protest the August 9th slaying of 34 Yemeni schoolchildren by U.S.-backed Saudi-coalition forces using a U.S.-supplied missile. WeContinue reading
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Voices Rising for Yemen – Final Day
Over these past three days, Voices and a coalition of justice-minded organizations have been at and around the United Nations in New York City protesting the ongoing U.S.-Saudi attack on famine-imperilled Yemen. Details are availableContinue reading
Voices Rising for Yemen: Further Resources
Thank you for visiting this mirror of our further resources page for the November 6-8 2018 “Voices Rising for Yemen” actions in New York City. Below please find a list of Suggested Further Actions forContinue reading
Yemen Protests November 6 through 8 in New York City
PROTESTS AT THE SAUDI CONSULATE AND SEVERAL MISSIONS TO THE UN BEGIN ON NOVEMBER 6, CALLING FOR AN END TO WAR IN YEMEN AND DRAMATIC MEASURES TO AVOID FAMINE; PROTESTERS WILLING TO RISK ARREST FOLLOWINGContinue reading
Thompkins Square vigil, NYC – Yemen Children on the School Bus
Here is video from the weekly Thompkins Square Park vigil which Felton Davis and other friends from New York’s “Catholic Worker” and others have been conducting to commemorate the victims of the August 9th schoolContinue reading
34 Backpacks – an ongoing commemoration of Yemeni children killed on August 9
Felton Davis, who coordinates a weekly vigil in NYC calling for an end to the U.S. war against Yemen, sent us a letter written by Yemen’s Minister of Education which names the students and teachersContinue reading
Press Release – Yemen Protests in Chicago Aug 30-31
Chicago Group Protests Saudi Bombing of a School Bus in Yemen; 44 Children Killed, Scores Wounded A group of Chicago area activists will gather in the Federal Building plaza, 230 S. Dearborn St., on AugustContinue reading
U.S. Is Complicit in Child Slaughter in Yemen – Kathy Kelly
August 10, 2018 On August 9, a U.S.-supported Saudi airstrike bombed a bus carrying schoolchildren in Sa’ada, a city in northern Yemen. The New York Times reported that the students were on a recreational trip.Continue reading
God Only Knows – Kathy Kelly
Above: Witness Against Torture activists protest at the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates on January 9, 2018. Credit: Witness Against Torture July 24, 2018 “If they would just confirm to us that my brotherContinue reading
A Courtroom Appeal for Yemen
Sentencing Statements by Kathy Kelly and Richard Ochs, 5/29/18 In a Washington, D.C. courtroom this past Tuesday, Voices’ Kathy Kelly and her fellow activist Richard Ochs accepted guilty pleas for their part in a JanuaryContinue reading